Warring-machine



(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1. W. J. LUTTGN. WARPING MACHINE.

No. 450,728. Patented Apr'. 21,1891.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

W. J. LUTTON.

` WARPING MACHINE. No. 450,728.

Patented Apr. 21, 1891.

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UNITED Srnfrnsv PnrnNT OFFICE. 5

VILLIAM J. LUTTON, OF PATERSON, NE\V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO SCIIAUM & UHLINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WARPlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,728, dated April 21, 1891.

Application filed November Z, 1889. Serial No. 329,066. (No model.)

in which the number of yards of silk or other warp are measured as they are wound upon the spool.

I will describe in detail a warping-machine embodying my improvement and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan or top view of a machine embodying my invention, showing the reciprocating frame carrying the warp-guide and measuring-roller. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine so modified as to dispense with the use of the means for reciprocating the frame which carries the warp-guides. Figs. 3 and LI represent, respectively, a side elevation and top plan View of the machine shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view of a part elevation ot' the machine, showing the aperture through which the rope of warp is led to the winding mechanism.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the frame of the machine, provided with a table or bed A.

I employ a frame comprising upright portions a, extending upwardly through a slot or opening of in the bed A of the machine near one end of thelatter. These upright portions are connected together by means of a connecting-piece d, extending between them nearthelr lower ends7 and also by a bolt or rod a2. The other end port-lon of the Vframe comprises upright portions a, secured together near their lower ends by a connectingpiece cel. Between said upright portions co3 is arranged a reed d, which maybe of ordinary construction. The portions a d3 of the frame are joined together by bolt-s a5, which extend across the machine beneath the bed A.

Extending from the eonneetingpiece a6 and upon opposite sides thereof are pins or projections 0.5 a, which pins or projections extend into grooves am, formed at the sides ot' the slot or opening a'. From the connectingpieee al pins or projections d extend inwardly into a groove al?, formed in the outer edge of the bed A. During its bedilymoyement widthwise of the machine the pins or projections as u." a not only serve to guide the frame in its to-and-fro movement, but also to support the frame in a proper position.

Bodily movement is imparted to the frame 6o from a link I), which is pivotally connected near one end to a lever b. The lever D is fulcrumcd between lips or lugs h2, extending from the frame of the machine. Upon one side said lever bears a roller lfgwhich extends into a peripheral groove Z225 of acam-wheel B, which cam-wheel is mounted upon a sleeve h4, surrounding a stud b5, extending from the frame of the machine. Upon the sleeve b4 of said cam B is keyed a gear-wheel 11G, which 7o derives rotary motion froma pinion bl, keyed upon a main or driving shaft C. Motion is imparted to the driving-shaft C by means of a belt passing about a cone-pulley D. Then the cam-wheel B is rotated, the roller b3 will 75 be caused to follow the peripheral groove therein and thus rock the lever h and impart a to-andfro movement to the said frame.

Extending upwardly and, as shown, at an angle from the bolt and rod a2 are arms E E. So These arms are loosely mounted near their lower ends upon said bolt or rod. Near their upper ends there is loosely jonrnaled in them a shaft c. Upon the shaft c is a wheel F. The periphery of this wheel may be faced with felt or other suitable material which affords a good friction-surface.

Rotary motion is imparted to the wheel F by frietional contact with the warp upon a spool j' while the warp is being wound upon 90 the spool.

Upon the shaft c and, as shown, outside the arm E is a worm e, which meshes with a worin-wheel c', mounted upon a stud e?, secured in a bracket e, extending from the arm 9 5 l. Also secured upon said bracket is a bell e". Upon the arm E is secured a resilient strip e5, which may be of metal. This strip bears a bell-clapper cl".

Extending from the side of the worm-wheel e is a projection c?. Each time the wormwheel makes a complete rotation the projection e7 will come into Contact With the resilient strip e5 and deflect it, and when it has passed by the same the bell-clapper will be caused to strike the bell and give an alarm. This alarm indicates that a certain number of yards of Warp have been wound upon the spool.

The gearing` may be such as to wind any desired number of yards upon the spool; but I have-illustrated it so as to indicate when sixty yards have been thus Wound.

Upon the face of the Worm-Wheel are figures from l0 to 60, and the Worm-Wheel therefore operates as an indicator to indicate the number of yards Wound. l

Rotary motion is imparted to the spoolfby means of a belt Q92, passing over a pulley g upon the shaft C and a pulley g', fast upon a shaft g2, journaled in suitable bearings secured upon the bed of the machine A. Said shaft also bears a loose pulley g3. The shaft g2 has at one end a bearing-piece g4, upon which the spool is fixed.

In one of the heads of the spool is a suitable aperture into which a pin g5, extending from a disk gG upon the shaft g2, extends when t-he spool has been passed over the spindle, Whereby rotary motion Will be imparted by the shaft to the spool. The outer end of the shaft g2 rotates in an adj ustablebearing-piece g7,which is mounted on a slideway g5, secured upon the bed A of the machine. A bolt gg, passing through the bearing-piece g7 and the bed A', may be clamped by a thu nib-nut glo, so as to maintain said bearing-piece in any position into which it may be adjusted. This provides for inserting and removing the spools.

As shown in Fig. l, the warp-threads are bunched and are led through a suitable aperture a26 in the frame which supports the reed a4, and as the Wheel F is mounted upon supports which move with the frame which carries the reed it is maintained in such position as to engage the rope of Warp as ittraverses the spool from end to end. Where, as

shown in Fig. l, the Warp is fed in rope form and wound evenly upon the spool by the sideto-side movement of the reciprocating frame, the wheel F Will only be of such Width as to By employing a broaderengage the rope.

vfaced wheel F, as shown in Figs. 2, 3,' and 4,

and fcedingthe warp through the reed at the reciprocating movement of the frame may be dispensed with, and, if desired, the cam-Wheel B and geanwheel b may be removed when such broad-faced Wheel F and reed ai* are in use. The relnoval of the cam and gear wheels is accomplished by unscrewing the nut Z910 .from the outer end of the stud b5 and then sliding the Wheels off.

It will be seen that by my improvement the rotation of the spool itself is caused to operate an indicator by which the number of yards of Warp Wound upon the spool Will be accurately registered and that irrespective of the diameter of the Warp upon the spool, for the reason that as the diameter of the spool increases the rotation of the Wheel F will be correspondingly increased, thus imparting a more rapid rotation to the Worm-wheel e.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a warping-machine, the combination, with a reciprocating frame and a Warp-guide carried thereby, of a Wheel mounted in said reciprocating frame in position to engage the warp being Wound and deriving rotary motion therefrom and an indicator deriving motion from said Wheel, substantially as set forth.

2. In a warping-machine, the combination, with a reciprocating frame and a Warp-guide carried thereby, of a Wheel mounted in said reciprocating frame in position to engage the Warp being wound and deriving rotary motion therefrom and an indicator also mounted on said frame and deriving motion from said wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. In a warping-machine, the combination, with a reciprocating frame and a warp-guide carried thereby, of a Wheel mounted in said reciprocating frame in position to engage the warp being Wound and deriving rotary motion therefrom,an indicator deriving motion froln said Wheel, and an alarm operated by said indicator, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM J. LUTTON. Witnesses:

REUBEN MACFARLAN, SAML. S. LAMBERT. 

